http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. People hospitalized for acute heart failure are likely to survive longer compared to the prior decade, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association and presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-failure-patients-longer-long-term.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 06:50:25 EST news287905521 Five Saudis have died of a new SARS-like virus during the past few days and two more are being treated in an intensive care unit, the health ministry said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sars-like-virus-saudis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 May 2013 05:20:02 EST news286689977 (HealthDay)—A new treatment approach may mean that young people with a form of lymphoma can go without radiation therapy, sparing them side effects or raised cancer risks down the road. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-strategy-young-lymphoma-patients-treatment.html Cancer Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:50:01 EST news284834743 A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for treatment of exposed individuals during last year's fungal meningitis outbreak. Manuscripts of the commentaries were published ahead of print today on the journal's webpage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-debate-cdc-meningitis-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:10:01 EST news279298626 EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, released new research on Ebola virus in fruit bats in the peer reviewed journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, a monthly publication by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study found Ebola virus antibodies circulating in ~4% of the 276 bats scientists screened in Bangladesh. These results suggest that Rousettus fruit bats are a reservoir for Ebola, or a new Ebola-like virus in South Asia. The study extends the range of this lethal disease further than previously suspected to now include mainland Asia. "Research on Filoviruses in Asia is a new frontier of critical importance to human health, and this study has been vital to better understand the wildlife reservoirs and potential transmission routes for Ebola virus in Bangladesh and the region," said Dr. Kevin Olival, lead author and Senior Research Scientist at EcoHealth Alliance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reservoir-ebola-virus-bangladesh.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:16:11 EST news277575305 A new Ebola virus study resulting from a widespread scientific collaboration has shown promising preliminary results, preventing disease in infected nonhuman primates using monoclonal antibodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ebola-antibody-treatment-monkeys-lethal.html Medical research Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:00:13 EST news269520865 Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and is the leading cause of death from skin disease. Rates are steadily increasing, and although risk increases with age, melanoma is now frequently seen in young people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pieces-dna-red-flag-deadly.html Cancer Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:29:49 EST news266758183 New research from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute and the Rambam Medical Center may lead to the development of new methods for controlling the growth of cancer, and perhaps lead to treatments that will transform cancer from a lethal disease to a chronic, manageable one, similar to AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cancer-chronic-disease.html Cancer Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:30:56 EST news252318611